Which quotation best describes the connection between Emile Berliner's gramophone in 1887 and the technology in 1890?

A.
"In that year, Thomas Edison invented a device known as the phonograph that recorded and played back sounds that were made onto a piece of tinfoil around a cylinder."
B.
"These discs were called records and were originally coated in shellac, which was later replaced by vinyl."
C.
"In 1887, Emile Berliner developed the gramophone, which relied on the use of flat discs."
D.
"Although the disc recordings coexisted with wax cylinder recordings for a period of time, by the 1920s, the wax cylinders were essentially obsolete."

C. "In 1887, Emile Berliner developed the gramophone, which relied on the use of flat discs."

C. "In 1887, Emile Berliner developed the gramophone, which relied on the use of flat discs."

The quotation that best describes the connection between Emile Berliner's gramophone in 1887 and the technology in 1890 is option C: "In 1887, Emile Berliner developed the gramophone, which relied on the use of flat discs." This quotation directly states that Berliner developed the gramophone in 1887, which used flat discs as the primary medium for recording and playing back sounds. This connection highlights the technological advancement from the earlier phonograph invented by Thomas Edison, which used a cylinder wrapped in tinfoil, to Berliner's gramophone utilizing flat discs. Therefore, option C provides the most relevant information to describe the connection between the technologies in question.